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This research has many limitations that need to be noted. The first limitation is that this research specifically dealt with case studies in York Region in Ontario. This creates a very narrow scope for the research. While every attempt was made to broaden the application of the research, the fact remains that this research is very specific to an issue identified within York Region regarding accessible communities and affordable social housing. As such, more research is definitely needed to determine if this gap in planning exists within other social housing provider jurisdictions.

Another limitation is due to the lack of access to tenants for recruitment from Housing York Inc. management. While I made every effort to obtain permission to recruit on their premises, I was met with silence. Therefore, I was only able to obtain interviews

with tenants that I had personal relationships with at Lakeside Residences. This severely limits the experiential knowledge that could have been gained through these interviews. While every effort was made to extrapolate the experiences of the Keswick residents to Richmond Hill through an understanding of the built environment

surrounding both sites, missing the actual experiences of tenants in Richmond Hill limits the research. It is not possible to conclusively say that the identified gap in planning effects tenants with impairments the same in differently urbanized communities. As such, much more research is needed to gain the experiential knowledge needed to conclusively state that this gap in planning effects accessibility to communities the same no matter how urban the location.

Another limitation was the lack of questioning regarding overlapping community involvement of the tenants. It was mentioned in the discussion on community that there are often overlapping communities that help individuals become members of the larger community. These can include involvement in smaller communities such as religious groups or other community associations. Identifying these smaller communities may have added to the reasons for place attachment and community involvement and given a much broader picture of the community experience. With this in mind future research into the various smaller communities that these tenants may be involved would be necessary. Questions about religious participation, local churches, involvement in community groups, and hobbies would be necessary to broaden this picture.

Since religious institutions can be such large catalysts to place attachment, and community formation and integration, further research needs to be done at the local level for both case studies. Understanding the role local churches play in reaching out to

the tenants in a new building could include asking questions such as: Are the churches accessible to those with impairments? And are the tenants even interested in joining a religious community? Are the local religious institutions welcoming of individuals with impairments? All of these need to be more fully understood to see in what way

community is being formed at the local level and how it may effect place attachment and community engagement.

Finally, more research needs to be done on the phenomenological approach to planning and whether it can be an effective tool in bridging the gap in planning that has here been identified. This would involve actually utilizing a phenomenological approach through an entire development phase and seeing the outcomes in where the building is sited and whether the chosen community is more accessible than other options that were available. It is important to note that this would be difficult to judge concretely though as affordable social housing is necessary in all communities, and some communities are simply more accessible than others due to many of the reasons

outlined in the contextual part of this research. However, it does not negate the fact that more practical study needs to be done on the phenomenological approach to planning.

In spite of these limitations and the questions raised, this research has shown that there does appear to be a gap in the planning process as regards affordable social housing and accessible communities. It is hoped that this research would be a catalyst to more work being done to explore this gap and ultimately close it. This would be done by having affordable social housing being built in communities that are much more accessible, either already, or they become more accessible during the development phase.

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